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Gnocchi

2 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means small, soft Italian dumplings made from potato, flour, or semolina
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Stage 1 of 2
nocchio
Italian · medieval
"a knot in wood"
a knot in wood, describing the small, knot-shaped dumplings
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Stage 2 of 2
gnocchi
English · 1891
"small dumplings made from potato or flour"
adopted directly for the small potato or flour dumplings
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